Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Disconnecting users

Oftentimes database and geodatabase administrators will need to disconnect users from the geodatabase in order to perform administrative functions. To disconnect users while in ArcCatalog, first connect as a geodatabase administrator user to your database. Next, right click on the connection, go to Administration | Administer Geodatabase and then the Connections tab. Finally, right-click any of the available connections and select Disconnect to disconnect them from the geodatabase:

Disconnecting users programmatically is accomplished with the arcpy.DisconnectUser method. Continuing with our earlier example, let's use Python ...